The military market on the west bank of Yingshui was crowded with people at this time, and there were bargains and cries everywhere. This is the scene of the Taishan army trading prisoners with the Yellow Turban Taoists of Runan and Yingchuan.

Unlike the Taishan Army, where all the captures were returned to the public, the Yellow Turban Army in Runan and Yingchuan was essentially a small army head alliance. Originally, Peng Tuo, Bocai and other prestige Qu Shuai were there, and the minds of all parties could be brought together a little, but when the second marshal died, although it didn't fall apart, the following were basically done in different places.

For example, one side of the transaction is the holy treasury official of the Taishan Army, and the other side is varied, in addition to the small marshals of Runan and Yingchuan, and even some nearby wilderness hunting groups that hunt lone deserters also came.

And in the back, not only the prisoners of trade, but basically, salt, millet, military supplies, horses, everything.

This time, Yan Zhuang, the chief secretary of the Taishan Army, also came, and he came to the military market to check the gates, and he must not let the Taishan Army be deceived by people in the military market with shoddy quality.

Yan Zhuangzheng was tugging with a young marshal in Runan, talking about a deal about forty men and women, and asked him for ten pieces of cloth on the other side. also dared to ask for it, so Yan Zhuang was bargaining with the man, and a Taishan military official on the side came over and whispered a few words of Yan Zhuang.

Yan Zhuang can distinguish the importance and the price:

"Six pieces of cloth, go and get my bamboo chips in exchange. If you don't change it, forget it."

A few Runan yellow scarves on the opposite side discussed with each other, knowing that they might not be able to sell them, so they agreed.

Yan Zhuang sent this wave of people, and then under the leadership of his subordinates, he walked around to a corner of the military market.

At this time, several shabby warriors who were dirty and smelly, and the weapons in their hands were also varied, were squatting on the ground.

As soon as Yan Zhuang looked at it, he knew that these people were a gang of hunters nearby.

Unlike many people's stereotypical understanding of war. I always think that the army is the actor on the battlefield, but in fact, these hunters also play a pivotal role on the battlefield. In any big war, there will always be these hunter gangs roaming the periphery of the battlefield. As long as the outcome of the war comes out, they will chase after the losers and take another bite of flesh from them.

The samurai of the army generally have a lot of money. These hunter teams only need to hunt a serious military officer, not to mention that the armor on his body is very valuable, even his head can be exchanged with the military officer of the victorious side.

But it is precisely because of this that these people are most disgusted by the samurai in the army, after all, no one wants to die at the hands of these hyenas.

But Yan Zhuang is different, he is the chief secretary of the army, and he used to explain to this kind of bandit gang, and when he came, he smiled and groaned, and said to the hunters:

"You're going to sell armor?"

The hunters who were still squatting on the ground knew that it was a master when they saw the solemn ribbon, and they hurriedly stood up, and one of them was swarthy, with a mouthful of rotten yellow teeth, and said with a humble smile:

"Noble man, that's us. This is a good armor, how can we untouchables be blessed to enjoy such treasures, and we have come here to sell them to the nobles."

Yan Zhuang still enjoys the flattery of others, and when he heard that this group of people really wanted to sell armor, he asked:

"Where's A?"

Big Yellow Fang hurriedly sighed, and then beckoned to his subordinates.

Then, two scrawny savages moved over a shelf, and a tall basin-collar armor hung on a wooden shelf. ….

Yan Zhuang touched a few slashes in the basin collar armor, and although the secret path was broken, it was a good armor, and nodded with satisfaction. He also praised the big yellow teeth:

"You're a business-savvy person, and you know how to make a sub-shelf for your stomach. Not bad!"

Big Yellow Tooth hunched his waist and said to himself:

"Don't hide it from your nobles, I have seen the world in our third family before. I know that this stomach has to be hung to call it a rarity."

Yan Zhuang nodded and asked casually:

"How are you going to sell it?"

Big Yellow Fang struggled for a moment, then stretched out a palm and shook it.

Yan Zhuang knew at a glance that this person didn't understand the price, and he still wanted to call him? When he was Yan Zhuang doing smuggling work for Gongsun's family, this big yellow tooth didn't know where he was lying in the mud.

Yan Zhuang pretended to frown, and whispered:

"Five thousand dollars

？ It's expensive."

Big Yellow Tooth first heard that there were 5,000 yuan, so he was happy, and then he heard Yan Zhuang say that it was expensive, so he hurriedly grabbed Yan Zhuang and said hurriedly:

"Nobleman, look at this armor, this size, at first glance, it is the warrior of the Han army. Look at the armor and skirt armor, a set, worth five thousand dollars."

This big yellow tooth really doesn't understand this, if he asks the price of selling Dingkou and livestock, he will know it. But this pot of collar armor, a weapon of militarism, he has never heard of it, let alone seen it.

He also knew that this basin collar armor was too eye-catching, and their small group couldn't keep it, otherwise they would have found a place to bury it and plan to pass it on.

Seeing that Yan Zhuang was unmoved, Big Yellow Fang began to rack his brains again and began to search for words and phrases to praise this armor. And his hand continued to pull the solemn sleeve, and it was black when he saw it.

Yan Zhuang didn't care either, dealing with these people was like that, but he dared to be more interested in the owner of this Jia. The big yellow tooth is right, the owner of this armor stomach is a great husband at a glance, and the armor stomach is just hanging there, half a head higher than Yan Zhuang.

So Yan Zhuang didn't beat around the bush, after all, he was really busy, and told Big Yellow Tooth directly:

"The owner of this armor adds this armor, if you can give it to me together, I will give you 10,000 yuan directly."

Ten thousand dollars!

Big Yellow Fang and his companions gasped, never thinking that one day, they would have such a large sum of money.

But what is surprising is that Yan Zhuang obviously found out about the intention of the big yellow tooth, and in the end he still insisted that there was only one person, and finally he didn't want 5,000 yuan, 4,000 yuan, so he sold this basin collar armor to Yan Zhuang.

Looking at Da Huangya and the others who received the money and left in a hurry, Yan Zhuang obviously felt that there was something wrong with this group, but he didn't care, after all, he Yan Zhuang was really busy.

Then, Yan Zhuang asked people to put away the pot collar armor, and led people to the next wave of trading.

No way, he's Yan Zhuang really busy!

Over there, Big Yellow Tooth carried money on his back and hurried out of the military market with five or six companions.

There was silence on the road, save for the muffled sound of barefoot feet on the mud, and they walked westward, then circled north, and finally burrowed into a wood, where they lay down.

After a while, seeing that no one was following, Big Yellow Tooth and the others sat on the ground and rested.

At this time, there is a companion to speak:

"Kui, I should have promised that nobleman. For 10,000 yuan, I can't imagine how much corn I can buy back."

There was a companion on the side who immediately scolded:....

"Dog, what do you know? Kui has his own ideas, so let's just listen."

The wild man, called the dog, nodded, and honestly stopped talking.

Big Yellow Fang glanced at the guy who was helping just now, and he didn't know that he was arching the fire. In the end, we still have to explain the matter thoroughly, otherwise these savages may not be able to do something for this 10,000 dollars.

This is the real world, 10,000 dollars are converted into gold, that is, one gold, but it is just the cost of a meal for the powerful people. But for these wandering savages, this is a lot of money that will not be seen in a lifetime.

Sighing, Big Yellow Tooth said half-fearfully, half-self-consciously:

"We, we were almost blinded by the money just now, and we didn't know that we almost caused a murder."

As soon as they heard this, everyone looked at Big Yellow Fang in confusion, and they didn't know why they suddenly said this.

Big Yellow Tooth Road:

"Do you think the status of that military officer in our hunt will be small? We gave the man away for five thousand dollars. When the time comes, the man will bring someone back to kill us and take revenge on us, what will we do?"

The companion called the dog said uncertainly:

"Probably not, isn't it the Yellow Turban Army who is doing business with us? Can you help that Han official? Even if we let people go, they will also be used by them to cut off their heads to repay their merits. I've heard that this wave of Han soldiers from Kyoto is ruthless, and some time ago they killed thousands of them on the Yingshui side of Taiping Dao, and the blood feud is gone!"

Big Yellow Tooth didn't expect the dog to have this news, but there was still a young and ignorant expression on his face:

"Dog, you're really stupid. If you kill me today, you can be a brother tomorrow. That's what outsiders do. Are people willing to spend an extra 5,000 dollars to get that person, just to kill a head? You've seen that man's appearance, isn't he a good man? This man was sent over, and those Taipingdao allowed him to be accepted. When the time comes, won't we be the ones who are unlucky?"

The dog understands, and the praise is still spicy.

But there are still people on the other side who are not interested, it is the one who helps, he pretended to be puzzled and said:

"Kui, since that person is so dangerous, let's just kill him. Why do you want to leave a scourge!"

Big Yellow Fang finally caught this man's mistake and admonished:

"You know. How many of us are tall, the one who is more than six feet tall? Now that there is such an eight-foot great man in our hands, we have to change the species of our settlement. When the time comes, you will send your sister and my sister and my sister to the Han official who can still give birth to the settlement, and when you go back, I will mix everything that was given to the donkey into his meal. This matter is related to the future of our settlement, and it must be done! Do you understand?"

The savages suddenly smiled, and each showed a big yellow tooth, admiring their kui.

It's good to change it!

That's right, the Han official they hunted with Big Yellow Tooth was Sima Lang of Wenxian County, Sima Hu of the former Hedong Army. In the first wave of charges, he was directly hit in the chest by the Taishan Army's assault cavalry, and finally he was killed by holding and sitting on his horse. But because of this, he was lost to the edge of the battlefield, and then his eyes were black, and he was beaten by the big yellow tooth and his gang who wandered nearby, and carried back to the settlement.

At the first glance at Sima Lang, Big Yellow Tooth thought of his daughter, and at the second glance, he saw the two together; At the third glance, I saw myself holding my grandson, and at the last glance, I saw that my grandson had become a nine-foot-tall general. ….

Well, it's really a good man's embryo, and his grandson with big yellow teeth fell on this person.

Poor Wen County Sima Clan, the famous family of military generals, especially Sima Lang is only fourteen, is going to suffer such a tragedy, pitiful!

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Yan Zhuang was really busy, and after making a few deals with several military leaders in Runan, a few more sneaky people found Yan Zhuang.

After a period of greetings, Yan Zhuang knew that it was a group of heavy battalion officials from the Han army, Yan Zhuang did not dare to slack off, and hurried over.

There is no other reason than the rarity of this group of people.

These days, the yellow scarves of Runan and Yingchuan have gradually pondered the taste. Originally, they hated the Han army officials, especially the Yingchuan comrades, and generally tortured and killed the Han army prisoners who surrendered, in order to avenge the colleagues who were killed before. Later, the Taishan army came and said that they could exchange these Han soldiers for armor. In this battle, the strength of the Taishan army is obvious to all, but both sides think that this is more from the Taishan army's multi-bladed sharpness. So when I heard it, the Taishan army was willing to exchange stomachs and was busy doing business.

But there are also smart people in the Taiping Road of Runan and Yingchuan, and they gradually realize the importance of these Han military officials, with these people, they can also use the Han military law to train their own teams, so wouldn't they be able to fight like the Taishan army?

Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army in Runan and Yingchuan no longer sold military officials, but only exchanged some captured strong men or vacancies for some military funds.

In this battle, because the Taishan army directly captured the camp of the Han army, now there is more grain and more money, and some are capital and two transactions.

And now, there is a group of officials from the former Han Army's baggage battalion to sell, and Yan Zhuang is naturally interested. was guided all the way out of the military market. It seems that the other side also feels that there are many people and wants to sell in a low-key manner.

All this made Yan Zhuang raise his expectations, and it was not until he came to the cage that Yan Zhuang was greatly disappointed.

I saw that this human market outside the military market was full of feces. Those Han army baggage battalion officials were all locked up in shacks, but anyone who cried was beaten by the Yellow Turban soldiers under their care, like cattle.

Yan Zhuang was disappointed not that he felt that the Yellow Turban Army treated the Han soldiers like this, he had already known how these Han soldiers treated the Ruying Yellow Turban Army before, so to speak, Yiqiu Zhiqiu, now that he is abused, he does not blame the Yellow Turban soldiers.

He was disappointed that these people didn't look like it

There is craftsmanship. You must know that the configuration of the Han army's baggage battalion is basically readily available, after all, the army is the soldier's home, and the baggage battalion that takes care of the army's logistics is of course equipped with hundreds of workers.

But looking at these old and young, you tell me, do they have craftsmanship?

The little handsome over there is under the command of Liu Pi of Runan, Yan Zhuang's face is not good-looking, and he complains when he goes up:

"Lao Jia, you are not authentic in this matter. I, Yan, am also very busy, and you didn't use these people to get it for the lake. You say, are these old and young like a hundred workers?"

was called by Yan Zhuang in person, and the little handsome surnamed Jia was also a little embarrassed. That's right, these people are indeed from the Han Army's baggage battalion, but those who really have craftsmanship in them have long been picked up by their Kui Liu Pi. The rest of these are just some women and children in the back camp. The guy surnamed Jia here wants to come to the lake to see if he can sell it for a price. ….

But since he was called broken, his surname Jia was not stingy, and he said directly:

"Old Yan, that's all there is to it. You also know the situation, you just see what the price of this hundred and ten people is worth. If I think it's appropriate, you'll drag it all away."

Since this person said so, Yan Zhuang began to take a serious look at these prisoners.

After a few turns, Yan Zhuang knew in his heart that this group of people was still relatively healthy as a whole, although they looked hungry, they could still sit, and they didn't see anyone lying on the ground. What he was most afraid of was bringing the epidemic with him, and it would not be much trouble to buy it back at that time.

Most of these people lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Yan Zhuang, but there were a few with cool eyes, and they lowered their heads when they looked up at Yan Zhuang.

Yan Zhuang turned around and said to Lao Jia:

"This deal can also be done, I'll pick some, and you can take the rest."

Who knew that Lao Jia shook his head:

"Old Yan, you really know how to do business. But you're stupid when I'm Lao Jia? You pick this one, the good ones are all gone, who wants the rest? And I might as well make it clear to you. These people were originally killed by Liu Kui who called on our brothers. I can't see this kind of thing, and I only come to you to sell it because I give these people a way to live. Do I care about your money? Which of the brethren did not make a lot of money in this battle?"

This is said beautifully, but Yan Zhuang looked at this old man's empty hakama and bare mud feet, and always felt that this was a bit empty.

Lao Jia didn't care what Yan Zhuang looked at, but continued to say:

"If you only buy a little here, I will definitely not be able to send the rest back to the camp. When the time comes, these people will have to go to the soil for a while."

Listening to these words that were half true and half threatening, Yan Zhuang didn't say anything, these Runan yellow scarves are like this, they are mostly coarse and windfall, and they can't be angry with them.

Seeing that he couldn't take advantage, Yan Zhuang went up and ordered someone to find out the details. One of these points is one of the few people whose eyes are still clear just now, although they are sloppy, but Yan Zhuang's eyes, looking at it, I feel that this person is not ordinary:

"What's your name?" What did you do before, what will you do?"

After three questions, the man leaned against the fence and ignored Yan Zhuang. Yan Zhuang was not used to him, so he directly clicked on the side one, and it was these three questions.

The man was honest and replied:

"The student's surname is Chen Mingqin, and he is a descendant of the Chen family in Xu County. I used to be a secretary in the rear camp of the Han army, and I knew how to write Braille."

Yan Zhuang was startled, and said in a low voice:

"You turned out to be a descendant of the Chen family in Xu County, but I didn't expect that you are still a descendant of the three monarchs, and you admire it."

Yan Zhuang's words made Chen Qin ashamed for a while, and he shook his head:

"It's just a side branch that is not taken seriously."

These words directly provoked a self-contained chuckle on the side:

"You know who you are, so what kind of thief are you? Shame on you!"

Chen Qin said this for a while.

That's right, their Chen family is from their ancestor Chen Yuzhaoye. The ancestor was originally just a county government servant, and later he was the capital pavilion. Later, after the county ordered Deng Shao to be rewarded, he was able to receive a career and study. Then because of the behavior of repaying grievances with virtue to colleagues and suffering for Taishou, he had the reputation of obeying his virtue in the world, and the ancestor became a famous man with academics and morality, and his two uncles Chen Ji and Chen Chen were known as the three gentlemen, and then became a wealthy family of scholars. ….

Therefore, although he Chen Qin is not the main lineage, after being captured, he still listened to what the man next to him said, did not forget his identity, killed the voice of benevolence, and did not fall into the family. So it turned out that Liu Pi selected craftsmen in the first wave, and this Chen Qin assumed that he didn't know anything, so he was abandoned together with the person on the side.

But when Chen Qin and these people were about to be sent to behead, memories of the past suddenly rushed to Chen Qin. He finally remembered how the Lord had treated them in the past.

Once, when the ancestor had a big birthday, he Chen Qin specially caught a pheasant in the wild to give it to the ancestor for his birthday. But not to mention entering the main gate, it was the side door, and the owner didn't let Chen Qin in.

Hearing Chen Qin say that he gave a pheasant, he even ridiculed:

"Not all chickens can enter the master's house. People, you need to do your duty, know your position, and save yourself thinking about some things all day long."

And all this estrangement began with a joke from the ancestor Chen Yu.

At that time, he and Chen Qun and other peers were playing in the old house, and the ancestor Chen Yu suddenly pointed to the position of himself and Chen Qun and said:

"Here we will prosper."

At that time, no one knew who the ancestor was referring to. Of course, because Chen Qun is the main vein, and he, Chen Qin, is just the grandson of Chen Yu's younger brother, everyone present deliberately put this sentence on Chen Qun.

But a joke from the ancestor back then still became a thorn in the main family. Especially when Chen Qin and Chen Qun entered the clan study at the same time, the former showed more intelligence than the latter, which made this thorn scratch his heart even more.

Since then, Chen Qin has been deliberately suppressed, and for a long time, outsiders don't know that the Chen family still has this generation. Originally, Chen Qin thought that he could only be a gentleman in the clan, but the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and Huangfu Song also came to Yingchuan.

Originally, Huangfu Song was still very important because of his identity as a son of the Chen family. But later, the Chen family came to say something to Huangfu Song, and he Chen Qin was taken from the Huangfu Song shogunate to the baggage camp and became a secretary, until he was captured by Liu Pi and others.

And the person next to him, who was captured by Liu Pi with him was Guo Tu, the staff member of Zuo Zhonglang's general Huangfu Song. Previously, Huangfu Song passed through Yang Zhai and borrowed people from Yingchuan Taishou Yin Xiu to enrich the shogunate. Yin Xiu successively recommended his own county officials, Zhang Zhong, Zhong Xuan, Zhang Li, Du You, Xun You, and Guo Tu to enter the shogunate of Huangfu Song.

Originally, he Chen Qin was also one of them, and he knew all these people, but later he was demoted to the baggage camp as a secretary, so he broke off relations with these people.

But who knew that the Han army was defeated, he retreated with a baggage battalion, and met the scattered Guo Tu on the way.

Guo Tu is a descendant of the Yang Zhai Guo family. Since the ancestor Guo bowed, the Guo family has been dressed for generations and practiced "Little Dulu". There is one descendant to the duke, seven court captains, three marquises, more than 20 people who are assassins, two thousand stones, servants, and Zhonglang generals, and countless people who serve the imperial history, Zheng, and prison. It can be said that Guo is the representative of the Han Court Legalist family, and he has been a hairpin for many generations.

Therefore, as soon as Guo Tu was captured, he had to keep the festival for the Han Dynasty and also pry Chen Qin together, so in the end, the two were picked to be left.

At this time, Chen Qin heard Guo Tu's ridicule again, lowered his head, and stopped talking.

Yan Zheng, who saw all this in his eyes, smiled. Then he said to Lao Jia over there:

"Lao Jia, I want this batch of people."

When Lao Jia heard that the deal was completed, he walked over with a smile, and said with peace of mind:

"I haven't said the price yet."

"Lao Jia, according to the price of the military officer, we want it here, and you will go back to the camp with us in a while."

Yan Zhuang said this, looked around, and then said:

"Give the gold. So you don't have a dazzling eye."

Lao Jia smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, and he praised him for being strict and paying attention to things.

But Yan Zhuang suddenly pointed at Guo Tu, and then said to Lao Jia:

"But you take this person away, his life is too hard, and our Taishan military can't use it."

Lao Jia wanted to show it a long time ago, and as soon as he heard this, his thick arms took Guo Tu out of the cage. Then he dragged him to the side like a chicken.

Lao Jia pulled out his knife and smiled at Yan Zhuang

Road:

"This kind of can't be sold, and it's a waste of millet to keep it, and you can directly anoint my knife."

After speaking, he put the short knife on Guo Tu's neck, and was about to wipe it, when a male duck crying in a sharp and deformed voice:

"Don't kill me, I'm useful!"

Then, Guo Tu buried himself on the ground in shame.

Please call me Mr. Chen